Title :
Demonstration of EDFA cognitive gain control via GMPLS for mixed modulation formats in heterogeneous optical networks
Author :
Oliveira, Juliano ; Caballero, Antonio ; Magalhaes, Eduardo ; Moura, Uiara ; Borkowski, Robert ; Curiel, Giovanni ; Hirata, Akihiko ; Hecker, Liangying ; Porto, Edson ; Zibar, D. ; Maranhao, Jose ; Monroy, I.T. ; Oliveira, Juliano
Author_Institution :
CPqD Found., Campinas, Brazil
Abstract :
We demonstrate cognitive gain control for EDFA operation in real-time GMPLS controlled heterogeneous optical testbed with 10G/100G/200G/400G lightpaths. Cognitive control maintains the network BER below FEC-limit for up to 6 dB of induced attenuation penalty.
Keywords :
erbium; error statistics; forward error correction; gain control; multiprotocol label switching; next generation networks; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre networks; optical modulation; BER; EDFA cognitive gain control; attenuation penalty; heterogeneous optical networks; heterogeneous optical testbed; mixed modulation formats; real-time GMPLS; Bit error rate; Erbium-doped fiber amplifiers; Gain; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC), 2013
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0457-0
